Online college courses gaining popularity in Kentucky

8:48 PM,
Nov. 17, 2012

Barton Dejarnatt, a student who has taken online courses as part of the degree he's working on in engineering works on his portable computer in a computer lab in the basement of the The JB Speed School of Engineering Building. November 16, 2012

Mirroring a national trend, online courses are exploding in popularity across Kentucky, grabbing an expanding share of students' college educations, according to a recent Council on Postsecondary Education report. ...

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Online college courses gaining popularity in Kentucky

In all, online credit hours in Kentucky jumped from 222,916 in 2005 to 792,081 in 2010, with community colleges accounting for much of that growth. Online courses now comprise 26 percent of all